Bird diversity in urban green space: A large-scale analysis of differences between parks and cemeteries in Central Europe |
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Affiliation: | 1. Institute of Zoology, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Wojska Polskiego 71C, PL-60-625, Poznań, Poland;2. Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Department of Applied Geoinformatics and Spatial Planning, Kamýcká 129, CZ-165 00, Praha 6, Czech Republic;3. Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Zielona Góra, Prof. Z. Szafrana St. 1, PL-65-516, Zielona Góra, Poland;4. Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, Viničná 7, 128 43 Praha 2, Czech Republic;5. Institute of Forest Ecology SAS, Štúrova 2, SK, 96053, Zvolen, Slovakia;6. Department of Biology and Animal Environment, Faculty of Zoology and Landscaping, UTP University of Sciences and Technology, Kordeckiego 20, 85-225, Bydgoszcz, Poland;7. Department of Zoology, Animal Ecology and Wildlife Management, Lublin University of Life Sciences, Akademicka 13, PL-20-950, Lublin, Poland;8. Faculty of Economics and Sociology, University of Lodz, P.O.W. 3/5, 90-255, Lodz, Poland;1. School of Life Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China;2. Natural History Research Center, Shanghai Natural History Museum, Shanghai Science and Technology Museum, Shanghai 200127, China;3. Shanghai Municipal Forestry Administration, Shanghai 200233, China;4. Shanghai Key Laboratory of Urbanization and Ecological Restoration, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China;1. İstanbul University, Faculty of Forestry, Vocational School of Forestry, Department of Ornamental Plants, Bahceköy, İstanbul, Turkey;2. Istanbul Aydın University, Anadolu Bil Vocational School of Higher Education, Department of Landscape and Ornamental Plants, Sefaköy-Küçükçekmece, İstanbul, Turkey;3. İstanbul University, Faculty of Forestry, Department of Forest Botany, Bahceköy, İstanbul, Turkey;1. School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences, The University of Melbourne, 500 Yarra Boulevard, Richmond, Victoria 3121, Australia;2. Australian Research Centre for Urban Ecology, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, c/o The School of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville 3010, Victoria, Australia;1. Department of Landscape Architecture, School of Architecture, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China;2. College of Landscape Architecture, Beijing University of Agriculture, Beijing, China;3. Department of Landscape Architecture, School of Architecture, Tsinghua University, Haidian District, Beijing 100084, China;4. Department of Forestry and Wood Science, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa;1. Department of Ecology, Technische Universität Berlin, 12165 Berlin, Germany;2. Berlin-Brandenburg Institute of Advanced Biodiversity Research (BBIB), 14195 Berlin, Germany |
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Abstract: | Urbanization is a permanent and still continuing expansion of human settlements and is responsible for dramatic changes of natural areas to urban areas. In traditional view, urbanization is often blamed for the loss of biodiversity and biotic homogenization of natural communities. However, for some species, urban areas, can represent suitable environment for life and even enable them to maintain stable and abundant populations. Urban ecosystems are not homogenous; within human settlements we can find several different habitats which can be occupied by species with different tolerance to certain aspects of urban life. This diversity can be exhibited by interhabitat changes in species richness, diversity and abundances of local communities. Here, we investigated biodiversity patterns in bird communities of two urban habitats, parks and cemeteries, in three Central European countries. Data on species richness, diversity and abundances of birds were collected from published papers as well as unpublished sources. Our analyses revealed that bird species richness was positively correlated with area and age of trees in both habitat types. There was however no significant relationship between species diversity and area in both habitat types. Moreover, species composition of bird communities significantly varied between cemeteries and parks with strong preference for one of habitat types in several species. Predominant occupancy of habitat type by certain species could be linked to interhabitat differences in vegetation structure, human behaviour and management. Interestingly, several bird species often recognised as urban avoiders were detected in surveyed cemeteries and parks. |
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Keywords: | Urbanization Refuge Wildlife Mapping method Bird communities Europe |
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